And I think it was a pretty good trip! The weather here was so nice! I don’t think it rained one time while she was here and it was sunny to boot! How about that?! We spent our time shopping, walking around the neighborhoods (finding the treasure tree and this really big tree), eating tasty donuts and food, and spending the weekend on an island in the Puget Sound-it doesn’t get much more northwest than that!

After that excitement my mom and I took the kayak out and paddled out in to the sound. We heard once we got out a little ways we would get a great view of Mt Rainier and oh boy we did! And just as my mom snapped a picture of it a seal popped his head out of the water. So cute!

It was nice to show her the city but spending the weekend on the island was so peaceful. We visited the same island back in December but in April it felt like a whole new place. Maybe it was all the sun! On the last day out there we spent the better part of the morning digging for geoducks in the rocky shore but we finally got one out of the sand! Good thing because my hands were getting so cold and I think we were all on the verge of giving up.

After that excitement my mom and I took the kayak out and paddled out in to the sound. We heard once we got out a little ways we would get a great view of Mt Rainier and oh boy we did! And just as my mom snapped a picture of it a seal popped his head out of the water. So cute!

We went back to the city Sunday afternoon and we took my mom to one of our favorite restaurants in Capitol Hill for dinner. Then we got second dinner because she had to try some Pho! Haha! On her last full day in Seattle I took her to Jock and Jill to get some fitted running shoes and since it was another beautiful day we took a spontaneous paddle boat ride on Green Lake. It was a long day out so we kind of crashed at home and got mom ready to leave the next day. I’d say it was a pretty great first trip to Seattle but we left lots of things for next time. So when are you coming back mom?